Rio the series 5
Chapter 11 Jewel and Lara bonding
A quiet peaceful afternoon in the local Jungle of Rio. The female Blue Macaw named Jewel was laid down in the nest, next to her husband, who had his wing over her for comfort.
Blu sighed as he watched Jewel use her wingtips to draw little patterns on his chest. "Comfortable there, Jewel?"
"Yeah," Jewel replied, while still using her wingtips to draw on Blu's chest. "Just keeping me self entertainment."
Blu turned his head sideways, Jewel leaned her head up, and they both shared a quick kiss together for a couple of seconds.
There was peace and quiet for the two Lovebirds until a thunderous scream came from outside their hollow. "WHERE ARE YOU, YOU STUPID BEAR!"
Blu and Jewel already recognised tat voice anywhere. It was other than (me) Ricardo the Black Hawk.
"Well, the peace was fun while it lasted." Blu sighed, while using her wings to sit back up in the nest.
"Yeah." Jewel agreed, while she too sat up in the nest and next to her husband. "So, Lovehawk, whatta you wanna do today?"
"Actually, Jewel, I was hoping YOU could do me a favor." Blu inquired.
Jewel did look a little confused, but decided to see what Blu wanted. "Sure, what do you need?"
"Well, I was hoping you and my mom could spend some time together." Blu answered.
"Why?" Jewel asked, with a curious eyebrow raised.
"Ya know. You two haven't really got to know each other, so I thought it'd be a good chance to get to know each other better." Blu explained, while smiling. "After all, she is your mother-in-law."
"Okay, Blu, I guess I could do that." Jewel smiled, leaving Blu a little excited before she added something else. "But you have to do something for me?"
Blu frowned in response and sighed. "What do you want?"
"I want you to carry me to the mango tree later." Jewel answered, with a smirk followed by.
"Carry you? That doesn't seem too bad." Blu said.
"On your feet." Jewel added, which left Blu very unhappy.
"Awww, come on, Jewel!" Blu whined.
"No, Blu." Jewel shook her head. "That's the deal. Take it or leave it."
"Ugh, fine." Blu said, turning his back on her with his wings folded together like arms.
"Excellent." Jewel smiled.
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After a couple of hours had passed, Jewel and Blu left their hollow and flew over to Lara's. She lived almost right next to Blu and Jewel so they could all say close together.
Blu and Jewel landed in Lara's tree hollow, where Lara was talking to Eva. Blu smiled as he approached his mother. "Hi, Mom."
"Hi, Blu." Lara smiled, before she shared a quick hug with Eva. "I'll see you around, Eva."
"Bye, Lara. Bye everyone." Eva said, before she extended her wings and flew out of the tree hollow and most likely on her way back to her husband and 18 children.
After she was gone, Lara turned back to her son and daughter-in-law. "How are you guys today?"
"We're good." Blu answered for both him and Jewel. "Jewel here said she wanted to stay here for a while. Didn't you, Jewel?" Blu said, putting his wing over her.
Jewel knew what Blu was doing, but decided to play along. "Yeah, I did. That okay with you, Lara?"
"That's fine with me." Lara smiled. "I'd love me and you to spend time together."
"Ok, cool." Blu said, as he walked towards the hollow entrance/exit. He extended his wings and took flight out of his tree, before he looked back and called: "I'll be back later.
After was completely out of sight, Jewel and Lara sat down in the nest.
"So, Jewel, how long have you known Blu?" Lara inquired, trying to make conversation for them both.
"I met him in 2011. It was QUITE an adventure." Jewel replied.
"An adventure? Really?" Lara grinned, while folding her wings. "Do tell."
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Meanwhile, in another part of the Jungle. Rico, Nico, and Pedro were hiding in a bush while looking at an open area that had fish in the middle of open area. By the looks of it, Rico was trying to catch that Bear again.
"So, what's the plan exactly?" Nico asked Rico.
"Let me keep this simple: Bear smells fish, Bear goes to fish, cage drops from branch, I catch Bear, we take it out of Rio." Rico explained, before he turned to the Samba Birds. "Got it?"
"We got it!" Nico and Pedro said simultaneously.
"Ok, now we wait-AH!" Rico silently yelled, quickly pushing Nico and Pedro deeper into the bush. "Here he comes."
Rico, Nico and Pedro watched as the Bear slowly made his way towards the bait. Rico smirked and silently mumbled to himself: "Come on, you stupid Bear! Get the bait!"
The Bear moved closer to the bait almost touching it and soon it would trigger the trap set by Rico. Just before the Bear took a bite of the bait, he stopped and looked in the direction where Rico, Nico and Pedro were hiding. The Bear slowly began to walk over to the bush. By the looks of it, he knew they were there.
"Oh, dear!" Rico thought. "How did he know we were here?"
Rico's question was answered by chewing sounds next to him. Rico looked to his right and saw both Nico and Pedro with grapes and grape juice on their beaks.
Rico frowned and said: "You idiots!"
Before Rico could say anything else, the bush they were laying in was kicked away. The three Birds gulped and looked in front, to see the Bear slowly growling at them.
They all gulped and immediately began flying away while screaming: "HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!"
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Back in Lara's tree hollow, Jewel had just finished telling the story of how her and Blu fell in love. Lara could only watch in amazement as she could not believe her own son had done all that.
"Wow..." Lara said, who was quite speechless. "I can't believe all that. You were smuggled, trapped in cages, chained to each other, and he jumped out of a plane to save you!"
"Yep, and that's why I love him." Jewel smiled.
"Yeah, I guess you both had a good adventure." Lara said, before she sighed sadly. "I wish I still had somebody. I guess Blu's all I got left now. I wish I never lost him that day."
Jewel could tell by Lara's expression that you still missed Daniel and missed Blu for all those years. Jewel moved over to Lara with a smile and caught her attention. "Lara, I know you haven't known Blu all of your life, but he's here with you now and you love him. I love Blu. I'm happy with him, and he makes me happy. Don't worry, we're all here for you."
Lara smiled and her daughter-in-law and gave Jewel and hug. "Thanks, Jewel. I'm proud to have a daughter-in-law like you."
"You're welcome." Jewel smiled, while hugging in return. "I lost my mother, father and sister years ago, but now that your here too, I feel like my whole family is back again."
While they continued to hug, a slight thud was heard in the hollow. Jewel and Lara let each other go out of their hug, to see Blu standing by the hollow with a grin. "Hey, Mom, Jewel."
"Hi, Blu." Lara replied, with a smile followed after.
"How have you guys been?" Blu inquired.
"We've been good." Lara replied.
"We learned a lot about each other." Jewel said, smiling, before she stood up in the nest. "I'm ready to go now."
Jewel walked over to her husband as they both flew outside the hollow. Jewel turned back to Lara yelled to her: "Bye, Lara! See you again soon!"
"Bye, Blu. Bye, Jewel!" Lara called, while waving one of her wings.
After Blu and Jewel had left the hollow, Jewel landed down in the ground with Blu followed by. Jewel held one of Blu's wings while she talked. "I had a lot of fun with Lara. We really got to know each other a lot."
"I'm glad you both got along." Blu smiled as he let go of Jewel's wing and flew a couple of feet into the air. "Let's go home."
Before Blu could take off anywhere, Jewel quickly flew up a little and grabbed his tail feathers and yankwed him back to the ground. Jewel put her wings back to her side but kept her talon on Blu's tail. "Get your tail feathers back here. Where do you think you're going?"
"Home." Blu replied, like it was obvious."Why? What did I do?"
"I believe we made a little deal earlier." Jewel smirked.
"Oh, come on, Jewel!" Blu whined, as he remember what Jewel had said to him earlier. "You're not gonna keep that deal, are you?"
"I always keep deals." Jewel giggled, as she let go of his tail feathers.
"Awww, fine." Blu said, before folding his wings like arms.
"Wait here, Blu." Jewel said, as she quickly flew over to some trees with vines dangling off them. Jewel formed a grin and decided to mess around with Blu even more. Jewel ripped some vines off and slowly flew over to Blu, who was not paying attention at all.
Jewel quickly dived on Blu and knocked him to the ground, while she giggled. "Keep still."
"Jewel, what are you doing?" Blu asked, as he could see vines being tied around his feathery body.
"Having fun." Jewel grinned, as she continued to tie vines around Blu's body.
Blu knew that Jewel was a way better fighter and flyer than him, and she knows all kinds of tactics and skills, so he decided not to struggle and merely sighed with a sulky face.
"All done." Jewel smiled, while she used her talons to tighten the vines around her husbands body. Jewel placed her wings around Blu's body and helped him onto his talons.
Blu looked around his body and saw the vines tied around him to stop Blu from extending his wings. Blu wiggled around a little before he looked back at his wife. "Jewel, why did you tie me up?"
"So now I know you won't try and cheat." Jewel answered, while she climbed onto his back. Jewel placed her wings around the front Blu's neck with her chin rested on his head. Jewel lifted her talon up and gave Blu a little kick on the side. "Now, get-it-up."
"Ugh, fine." Blu sighed, as he began walking, with vines tied around his body and a female Macaw riding on his back.
While he was walking, Jewel leaned her head down on Blu's back and made herself cozy. Jewel smiled as she opened her eyes and patted her husbands head. "You're so easy to mess with."
Blu made a couple of mumbling noises and turned his head around to see her. "I hate you, Jewel."
"And I love you, too, Blu." Jewel smirked, before leaning her head back down on his back. "And don't forget-you have to walk back home like this, too."
"Of course." Blu frowned, while he half-closed his eyes. "This is the last TIME I make a deal with her."
"What would I do without Blu?" Jewel wondered in her thoughts, while she snuggled into his back feathers.
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Back with Rico, Nico, and Pedro, they all landed down near a tree and began panting heavily. Their wings were sore, and they were panting heavily. The once again escaped from the Bear.
"Whoa, that was close!" Nico panted.
"Yeah, it was!" Pedro agreed, who was panting too.
"It could've had that Bear if it wasn't for you two idiots." Rico complained, while trying to catch his breath back.
"We didn't know though that Bears can smell that good." Nico countered.
"Didn't know?" Rico queried. "They can smell things from far away, you moron."
"We're sorry; we'll get him next time." Nico reassured.
"Not with you two idiots I'm not!" Rico doubted, before he and the two idiots of the year turned their attention to the bush beside them where they could hear a slight conversation going on.
"Can you untie me now?"
"Not until we're home."
Rico, Nico and Pedro flew up onto the tree and perched themselves down on a branch and looked below them, where they saw two Blue Macaws on the ground.
Blu and Jewel finally made it to the mango tree. Jewel got off of Blu's back and stood back on the ground. Blu leaned back up and looked over at Jewel. "Okay, Jewel, we're here. You can get your mangoes now."
"Me?" Jewel scoffed. "You're going to get them."
"Why me?" Blu inquired. "I can't fly, remember?"
"I know. That's why I want you to climb up." Jewel smiled, while gesturing a wing to the top of the mango tree.
"What? Forget it." Blu refused, while turning his back on Jewel.
Jewel smirked as she moved behind Blu and wrapped both her wings around him. "That's fine with me, Blu. But you're not going anywhere until you get them."
Blu knew Jewel wasn't going to let him go until he got them mangoes. He sighed heavily and agreed to Jewel's terms. "Fine."
"Good." Jewel grinned, while taking her wings from around him. "Go on."
Blu sighed as he walked towards the branches and began using his talons and beak to climb up there, while Jewel watched him climb up, with her wings folded.
On top of the tree opposite the mango tree, Rico, Nico and Pedro slowly sniggered. They had been watching everything that had just happened. Nico slowly laughed and said to the others: "We're so telling everyone at the Club about this!"
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Night time had finally arrived all around from Rio's Jungle. After collecting the mangoes from the mango tree, Jewel had untied Blu and made him carry her back home. Jewel had just finished getting her children to sleep, before he laid down on her back next to Blu, who was laying on his side, with his back turned to her.
Jewel smiled as she moved her wings around Blu's body. "Blu, you're not still moody about earlier, are you?"
"Jewel, you tied me up, made my climb a tree, and made me walk an entire mile and back." Blu groaned, while not making eye-contact with her.
"I know." Jewel admitted. "But you gotta admit, it was fun."
"For you maybe." Blu countered, while closing his chocolate brown eyes.
Jewel smiled and moved her head forward and pecked Blu's cheek. "Goodnight, my gullible blue bird."
"Goodnight, my evilly little Angel." Blu replied, while making himself cozy in the nest and Jewel's wings. Blu peaked one eyes open and whispered: "Jewel, please don't do that to me again."
"No promise, Blu." Jewel smiled, while she allowed Blu to use her neck like a pillow.
Oh, Jewel. You really love messing around with Blu like that. Well, it's good to see Jewel and Lara bonding together. As for the Bear, why Pedro? You messed it up last time, and now you and Nico messed it up again. Morons. Oh, well. Chapter 12 coming tomorrow. Be sure to review.